Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The next issue I raise relates to smaller maternity units. I think there are 19 maternity units in the country. The smaller units would not have the same number of consultants as the larger ones. In fact, some of them have only three or four. Their argument, in the context of trying to provide services, relates to not having sufficient support. Over the next 12 months, even before we receive the review, will there be engagement with the smaller units to determine what supports they require to provide the service set out in the legislation?

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